Aircraft & Engines

AerCap announced its transactions during the first quarter 2015: the company signed lease agreements for 67 aircraft and delivered 32 aircraft under contracted lease agreements. AerCap purchased 17 new aircraft, including 2 Boeing 787-8s, 4 Boeing 787-9s, 6 Boeing 737-800s, 4 Airbus A321-200s and 1 Airbus A330-300 and executed sale and part-out transactions for 20 […]

Air New Zealand has selected Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower PW1100G-JM engines for 13 firm A320neo family aircraft. The agreement also provides fleet management support services for up to 16 years. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2017 and continue through 2019. The PurePower Geared Turbofan (GTF) family of engines has completed more than 17,000 hours

Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the national flag carrier of Bangladesh, has signed an agreement with Smart Aviation Company of Cairo, Egypt for the lease of two Q400 NextGen turboprops. While Biman’s main hub is located at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, it also operates flights from its secondary hubs at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong

Allegiant Travel Company has purchased three additional A320 aircraft. The aircraft were most recently operated by a carrier in Europe and are scheduled to enter the Allegiant operating fleet in 2015. “We are happy to announce another successful transaction to acquire three additional high quality, used A320 aircraft,” said Jude Bricker, Senior Vice President of

easyJet took delivery of the airline’s 250th Airbus A320 family aircraft. To celebrate this special event easyJet unveiled its newest A320 with a unique livery featuring 250 miniature aircraft. As with other recent deliveries to easyJet, the A320 is equipped with the latest technology and fuel-saving Sharklets. easyJet operates Europe’s largest and the world’s fourth

GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS) delivered a new leased Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Hainan Airlines to expand the carrier’s fleet. The aircraft is part of GECAS’ existing order book with Boeing. Hainan Airlines is a longstanding GECAS customer and is the largest private airline in the People’s Republic of China. It operates a fleet

Airbus’ successful widebody A330 Family has passed the major milestone of winning over 1,500 firm orders from over 100 customers. Total sales to date (1,501) include a recent order for four A330-200 Freighters from Turkish Airlines and 25 A330-900neo from Air Lease Corporation. The A330 is one of the world’s most efficient aircraft with best

During the first quarter of 2015, Embraer delivered 20 jets to the commercial aviation market and 12 to the business aviation market, for a total of 32 aircraft. On March 31st, 2015, the firm order backlog totaled US$20.4bn. During the first quarter of 2015, Embraer announced a firm order for 15 E175s and two E190s

FLY Leasing Limited has acquired a Boeing 737-800 aircraft manufactured in 2008. The aircraft is on lease to a leading airline in Europe. With the addition of this Boeing 737-800, FLY now has a total of 55 B737-800s in its growing fleet,” said Colm Barrington, CEO of FLY. “We are on track to invest US$750m